On-campus program Public Management & Digitization (M.A.) – ZU

At a Glance

🏫 University Zeppelin University, University based in Friedrichshafen (Germany)
The Zeppelin University (ZU) in Friedrichshafen is a private, state-recognized university known for its interdisciplinary approach. Founded in 2003, ZU combines business, culture, and politics, offering bachelor's and master's programs as well as executive education programs. With two campus locations on Lake Constance and over 97 international partner universities, ZU places special emphasis on internationality and applied research.
📋 Study Format On-campus program
🎓 Field of Study Social SciencesPolitical Science
📜 Degree Master of Arts (M.A.)
⏳ Duration 4 Semesters
🎯 ECTS 120 Credit Points
🌍 Language of Instruction German or English
📖 Course contents Elective modules: Governance and Controlling of Public Sector Organizations, Global Governance, Administrative Informatics & Artificial Intelligence, Selected topics: Public Management & Digitalisation I + II, Comparative Public Policy Analysis, Human Decisionmaking, Fundamentals of Law, Leadership, Mobility Innovations & Digitalisation, Other elective modules: International Relations, Global Governance, War & Peace, European Institutions, Comparative Politics & Institutions, Political Behaviour & Public Opinion, Modern Political Theory, Inequality & Justice, Computational Political Science, Applied Data Analysis, Multidisciplinary elective modules: (Research project: Research colloquium, Research project (Elinor Ostrom project), Advanced Methods), Internship (min. 6 weeks): Advanced Methods I & II, Master’s thesis, Oral defence
📍 Location Friedrichshafen
📅 Enrollment Winter semester
💶 Fees
from 825 € monthly
from 19800 € total
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Admission requirements

Admission to a master's degree programme can be granted upon application to those who cumulatively meet the requirements for admission to a corresponding state university (§ 70 paragraph 2 no. 4; §§ 58, 59, 60 LHG), i.e.:

  • have acquired the higher education entrance qualification or an equivalent certificate,
  • have obtained a first degree from a state-recognised university or an equivalent certificate,
  • have very good knowledge of German and English,
  • have successfully participated in the selection process of Zeppelin University.

Details

The interdisciplinary two-year master's degree programme "Public Management & Digitalisierung | PMD" enables students to pose the critical questions regarding these very challenges, to analyse political measures and solution approaches, and to implement them.


Through the taught methodological, practical and key competences of the master's degree programme, students are empowered to understand the digital world of the future in a more nuanced way as the "leaders of tomorrow" and to contribute to the sustainable shaping of the digital transformation of the state and administration.

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